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¨.~;†%#@@# #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### @@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%##@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@##%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~††# #††~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨....;†††# ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A #†††;....¨
¨.~;†%###@ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES @###%†;~.¨
¨¨¨~;†%%#@ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE @#%%†;~¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE #@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~††%# BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR #%††~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~††%## SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ##%††~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†%%# INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK #%%†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.~;;%%# ANTENNA ARRAYS #%%;;~.¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@## DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ##@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†#@@## ##@@#†;~.¨
¨.~;;††††# WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE #††††;;~.¨
¨¨¨¨..~††# SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS #††~..¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, @@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%%%#@ AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE @#%%%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†# GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS #†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ @@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%%%#@ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT @#%%%†;~.¨
¨.~~~;;%%@ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE @%%;;~~~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND @@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%%#@@ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA @@#%%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@## AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ##@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨.~††%@ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES @%††~.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨..~~†# HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT #†~~..¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#### ####%†;~.¨
¨¨¨.;†%#@@ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR @@#%†;.¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR @@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨.;;%%%@ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE @%%%;;.¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR @@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨..;;;%## MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ##%;;;..¨¨
¨¨¨~~;%#@@ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE @@#%;~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~;†%%# COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS #%%†;~¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†#@@## BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ##@@#†;~.¨
.~;†%#@@## DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ##@@#%†;~.
¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†# #†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED #@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;%%# #%%;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~;%%@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @%%;~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%%#@@ ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### @@#%%†;~.¨
¨.~;†#@@## #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# ##@@#†;~.¨
¨¨.~~~†%#@ @#%†~~~.¨¨
¨.~;†††##@ SO WHY IS THAT? @##†††;~.¨
¨¨...;;†#@ @#†;;...¨¨
¨.~;†%@@## MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ##@@%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#### THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ####%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~~~††%%# HAS TO BE A PLANET!) #%%††~~~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ @@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@@ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE @@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~††# DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? #††~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%%### ###%%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO #@@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY #@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨¨¨~~~;%# SHOWS) #%;~~~¨¨¨¨
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¨.~;†%##@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@##%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# ####¨~~ FERMI'S PARADOX ~~¨#### #@@#%†;~.¨
¨..~;††%@@ #¨¨¨~~~~~~~~¨¨¨# @@%††;~..¨
¨¨¨¨..~†#@ @#†~..¨¨¨¨
¨.~;†%#@## I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ##@#%†;~.¨
¨.~;†%#@@# THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS #@@#%†;~.¨
¨¨.~~;;†## FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ##†;;~~.¨¨
¨.~;†%#@@# #@@#%†;~.¨
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